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RFC 950 - 2. Standards for Subnet Addressing

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### 2. Standards for Subnet Addressing

This section first describes a proposal for interpretation of Internet addresses to support subnets. Next it discusses changes to host software to support subnets. Finally, it presents a procedures for discovering what address interpretation is in use on a given network (i.e., what address mask is in use).

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RFC 950 - 2. Standards for Subnet Addressing